John Neely Kennedy

John Neely Kennedy (21 November 1951-) was US Senator from Louisiana (R) from 3 January 2017, succeeding David Vitter.

Biography
John Neely Kennedy was born in Centreville, Mississippi on 21 November 1951, and he graduated from the University of Virginia with a juris doctor degree in 1977. Neely joined the Democratic Party as a conservative Southern Democrat, and he entered politics in the 1990s; in 2000, he was elected State Treasurer. In 2007, he switched his allegiance from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party, and he was elected to the US Senate in 2017 as the Republican candidate. Donald Trump supported him as senator, sending Mike Pence to help his campaign, and advertising his campaign on Twitter.